The film will see Carr tackle the debate head-on, travelling to Canada to uncover the repercussions of “a law that can end the lives of not just the terminally ill, but people who are disabled, and those who are offered a medically assisted death as a ‘way out’ of social deprivation”.

She will also meet with those who support the assisted dying bill here in the UK, including Labour peer Lord Falconer and Sunday Times columnist Melanie Reid. Carr, of course, will spend time, too, with disabled actors, artists and activists opposed to legalisation, such as disabled peer Baroness Jane Campbell, who had a ‘do not resuscitate’ order placed on her for a routine illness without consent.

Speaking to Disability News Service about the project, Carr says that legalising assisted suicide would be even more dangerous at a time when “we are absolutely removing our welfare state, and we are dismantling our incredible NHS”.

“I don’t even think the other side will make the connection over how terrifying that feels to disabled people yet again. We know disabled people have killed themselves because of DWP reforms in the past, [and] that’s what terrifies me: the kind of thing happening in Canada where people for socio-economic reasons are choosing to end their lives through euthanasia.”

Better Off Dead?, BBC One and iPlayer, will air on Tuesday 14 May at 9pm.

The BBC’s Better Off Dead? tackles the divisive topic of assisted suicide